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Food prices are going up: why? Interview with Eduardo Zegarra in LR+ Economía de La República
“We are facing an agricultural crisis that we have not seen for a long time. In no year in the last decade has agricultural production fallen to this extent. A key explanatory factor is the drought in the Peruvian highlinds between August and December last year”. Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra talks to Rumi Cevallos of LR+ Economía about the fall […]
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Eduardo Zegarra comments on measures to face a water crisis in the newscast La Encerrona
The central measure is to generate a different institutional scheme to face these phenomena. There should be contingency reserves explicitly assigned to regional and local governments that are automatically activated once a state of emergency is declared. […] Help farmers with specific support: seeds, veterinary kits. Also direct economic support that will allow them to […]
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“Venezuelan migration is an important labor force that could contribute a lot to productivity in the country.” An interview with Fernando Távara, coauthor of a GRADE’s research
“The national survey of Venezuelans that was conducted last year shows that, on average, the Venezuelan migrant is better educated even than Peruvians. It is an important labor force that could contribute a lot to productivity in the country.” Fernando Távara, co-author of GRADE’s research study, “Barriers to the socio-economic integration of migrants in Peru: […]
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Eduardo Zegarra discusses the new urea purchase, via Exitosa Noticias
“The Ministry of Agriculture was told that a fourth purchase was no longer necessary. The most important reason is that there is already enough urea this year. There is a fairly significant private sector import. The problem is one of prices, not quantities. What the government should have done is to generate some kind of descount voucher so that producers […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in RPP Noticias: “The most serious issue is that a subsidy is being managed without a complete registry”
“The register is incomplete. Midagri states that only 35% of the country’s farmers are registered. We have a serious issue, because it is a mechanism that is supposed to reach all farmers. In addition, the Comptroller’s Office has reviewed the first version and has found inconsistencies: underage people, farmers who do not belong to it, […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in RPP Noticias: “Everywhere you look at the quality of employment data, we are worse off than before the pandemic”.
“Employment relative to 2019 in Metropolitan Lima has grown 1%, but unemployment has grown 38%. If we look at proper employment, it has fallen 8% since before the pandemic. This drop particularly affects medium-sized companies. Everywhere you look at the quality of employment data, we are worse off than before the pandemic. If we look […]
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Eduardo Zegarra in Exitosa: “Peru is the South American country most affected by food insecurity”.
“Peru is the most food insecure country in South America at this stage of the post-pandemic crisis. The number of people has doubled: before the pandemic there were 8 million, now FAO estimates 16 million of Peruvians with food insecurity”. Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra was interviewed in Exitosa Noticias about the increase in potato […]
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Lorena Alcázar and Vanessa Rojas presented the UNICEF study, “Social protection measures of the Peruvian government in times of COVID-19”
UNICEF Perú launched its report “Medidas de protección social del gobierno peruano en época de la COVID-19” (Social protection measures of the Peruvian government in times of COVID-19), carried out by GRADE’s researchers, Lorena Alcázar and Vanessa Rojas. The report, aimed to contribute to the development of a social protection system in Peru, was presented by our researchers and discussed by Pablo Casalí, […]
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CEPES launched the book “II Agrarian Reform”. Eduardo Zegarra is one of the authors
Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra and Giovanna Vásquez from Conveagro presented the book “II Agrarian Reform: Family Farming as the focus of public policies”, published by the Peruvian Center for Social Studies (CEPES) and of which they are two of the authors. Panelists at the event were: Fernando Eguren (CEPES), Maria Isabel Remy (Instituto de […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion on the delay in the purchase of fertilizers. Via RPP News
“The big campaign starts in August until December. Approximately 70% of the so-called transitory crops are sown, which require a crucial first fertilization in the first three months. Unfortunately, we are about to lose this opportunity. that this will lead to a drop in production in several crops, which will generate inflationary pressure on food […]
